What is the most unnecessary thing that your workplace requires?
What is the most unnecessary thing that your workplace requires people to do?
Work from office and not just any office.
Work from the most expensive and congested area of the city.
Not only is it unnecessary, I'm sure it also raises attrition, lowers productivity and harms the planet.
Performance reviews - a director where I work said he started using gpt3 to write them. Basically most companies only do them because of legal requirements
My old workplace: Require installing antivirus on linux machines. Part of the setup required disabling SELinux.
Tends to be stuff that used to be a good idea, and out of habit, they stick with it (sorry no concrete examples).
Being a developer, I have yet to attend a status meeting that couldn't have been handled over email.